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+ <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><img src="../c++boost.gif" alt="c++boost.gif (8819 bytes)" width="277" height="86"></td>
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+ <td><a href="../index.htm"><font face="Arial,Helvetica" color="#FFFFFF"><big>Home</big></font></a></td>
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+ <td><a href="../libs/libraries.htm"><font face="Arial,Helvetica" color="#FFFFFF"><big>Libraries</big></font></a></td>
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+ <td><a href="../people/people.htm"><font face="Arial,Helvetica" color="#FFFFFF"><big>People</big></font></a></td>
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+ <td><a href="faq.htm"><font face="Arial,Helvetica" color="#FFFFFF"><big>FAQ</big></font></a></td>
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+ <td><a href="index.htm"><font face="Arial,Helvetica" color="#FFFFFF"><big>More</big></font></a></td>
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+<h1>Boost Download and Installation</h1>
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+The boost libraries are intended for easy download and installation.
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+However, unlike other packages, there is no global setup and
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+configuration tool.
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+<h2>Download</h2>
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+The boost libraries are available in various formats. Most of the
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+files are available through links from the individual library's
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+documentation. As many boost headers include other boost headers,
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+installing one at a time is painful. Therefore, archive formats have
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+been prepared which contain all of boost in a single file.
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+<h3>ZIP file</h3>
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+The .zip format is widely supported by both free decoders and
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+commercial commpress/archive utilities. If you don't already have a
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+.zip file decoder, download one from the
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+<a href="http://www.info-zip.org/">Info-ZIP</a>
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+web site.
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+<p>
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+Unix/Linux hints: boost_all.zip is built on a Win32 platform, so the
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+line endings are wrong for Unix/Linux. Use the -a option when
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+unzipping with InfoZip for Unix/Linux friendly line endings.
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+<ul>
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+<li><a href="ftp://boost.sourceforge.net/pub/boost/release/">Latest version</a>
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+</ul>
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+<h3>.tar.gz file</h3>
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+The .tar.gz format is widely supported on Unix/Linux platforms. Some
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+Windows compress/archive utilities can read the format as well.
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+<ul>
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+<li><a href="ftp://boost.sourceforge.net/pub/boost/release/">Latest version</a>
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+</ul>
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+<h3>CVS archive</h3>
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+For those who have CVS installed, the libraries can also be downloaded
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+from the public CVS repository. The general procedure for
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+command-line clients is something like this:
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+<blockquote>
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+<code>
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+cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.boost.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/boost login
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+</code>
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+<br>
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+[Hit <return> when it asks for a password]
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+<br>
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+<code>
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+cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.boost.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/boost checkout boost
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+<br>
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+cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.boost.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/boost logout
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+</code>
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+</blockquote>
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+Read the manual for your CVS client for further information.
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+<h2>Installation</h2>
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+Many boost libraries are implemented entirely within their header
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+files. The only preparation for their use is to add the path for the
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+parent directory of the boost headers sub-directory to your compiler's
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+list of <code>#include</code> search directories.
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+
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+<blockquote>
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+For example, using Windows 2000, if you have unzipped release 1.20.2
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+from boost_all.zip into the top level directory of your C drive, for
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+Borland, GCC, and Metrowerks compilers add '-Ic:/boost_1_18_1' to the
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+compiler command line, and for the Microsoft compiler add '/I
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+"c:/boost_1_18_1"'. For IDE's, add 'c:/boost_1_18_1' (or whatever you
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+have renamed it to) to the search list using the appropriate GUI
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+dialog.
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+</blockquote>
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+
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+<p>
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+A few boost libraries are implemented by separate source files, and
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+thus require compilation on your system to link properly. Boost does
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+not currently have an overall "build" or "make" machanism in place.
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+Some of the individual libraries do include make and/or project files
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+for various compilers, though.
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+<p>
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+2001-02-11 <a href="../people/jens_maurer.htm">Jens Maurer</a>
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Jens Maurer